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Help End the Global Food Crisis

Urge the U.S. and U.N. to recognize The Right to Food

Goal:25,000•Progress:18,830

Sponsored by:The Hunger Site

The Global Food Crisis, recognized by international news media in the face of escalating food prices in 2008, is not over. The World Food Programme estimates that 963 million people worldwide are undernourished, an almost unfathomable number. Hunger goes hand in hand with poverty all over the world.

The idea of "The Right To Food" originated in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which proclaims, "Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food..." But the world today does not reflect this universal right. Modern society has attempted to address hunger by simply producing more food, but this has not been effective as a long-term solution.

"The Right to Food" means that it is not enough for food prices to come down and food production to rise. An increase in food production must also benefit the world's poor and vulnerable populations. It must be environmentally sustainable and conceptually far-reaching; The Global Humanitarian Forum estimates that 45 million people are suffering from hunger due to climate change. And it must allow communities to do for themselves what no outside force has been able to do for them: to lift its members out of poverty and create a society that is self-sufficient and strong.

Ask U.S. President Barack Obama and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to recognize "The Right to Food" and help end the Global Food Crisis forever. Urge your national and international community to recognize The Right to Food. Sign the petition below and tell a friend.

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Dear United States President Barack Obama, and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon:

In spite of international attempts to resolve hunger by subsidizing the production of food in greater quantity, it remains a global problem. The World Food Programme estimates that there are 963 million undernourished people in the world, or one of every seven people. The Global Humanitarian Forum estimates that roughly 45 million people currently affected by chronic hunger are suffering due to climate change -- a number expected to double in the next 20 years.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Oliver De Schutter, states: "Increasing agricultural production must go hand in hand with increasing the incomes of the poorest, particularly small-scale farmers, and switching to modes of production which do not contribute to climate change."

We must change the way we look at food production and distribution. To support an inalienable right to food, we ask that investments in agriculture such as farming subsidies be made in a thoughtful manner to best benefit those vulnerable to poverty and hunger. These efforts should not only provide more food, they should also create economically sustainable communities in which food production and distribution play an integral role. We ask that these investments be environmentally as well as socially responsible, supporting and rewarding environmentally sustainable practices.

We call upon you, as representatives of our national and international community, to take action to establish "The Right to Food" as an inalienable human right and an immediate political priority.

Petition Signatures

Sep 7, 2017Carolina Nunes

Sep 5, 2017Richard Bosboom

Sep 5, 2017Richard Bosboom

Sep 1, 2017Maria R. Gomez

Aug 29, 2017Adam Fransella

Aug 23, 2017Diane M McCoy

Aug 22, 2017Inês Correia

Aug 16, 2017Paola Moretti

Aug 15, 2017Savannah Hawkins

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Aug 12, 2017Debra Carter

Aug 11, 2017Melissa Bird

Aug 4, 2017Leslie Pfost

Aug 1, 2017Francine AllenI would like for President Donald Trump and U.N. Secretary General António Guterres to continue this effort at hunger resolution.

Jul 31, 2017Donald Windus

Jul 30, 2017Claudia Moorman

Jul 28, 2017Celia saundersThe Right To Food is an inalienable human right.

Jul 19, 2017Lynda Kerr

Jul 16, 2017John Chambers

Jul 13, 2017cate renner

Jul 7, 2017Jo Mosley

Jul 5, 2017cris soiza reilly

Jun 24, 2017Michele Mitchell

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Jun 10, 2017Ingrid Brown

Jun 9, 2017Beth Smith

Jun 2, 2017Janice Banks

Jun 2, 2017Susan Lindsey

May 30, 2017Sophie Miranda

May 30, 2017Ursula Kiefert

May 21, 2017Maija DravnieksSupposed people thinking they rule the world, I am not impressed. Deforestation must stop with reforestation and urban repair/jobs to take place. Non chemical fertilizer is needed,the dams down for proper access to water flow, hemp for everything possible